Skate-fastening



(No Model.)

B. H. BARNEY.

SKATE FASTENING. No. 294,182. Patented Feb. 26, 188 4.

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- fEvEEETT H. BARNEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE- FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,182, dated February26, 1884.

Application filed December 31, 1853. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EVERETT H. BARNEY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inSkate-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in skate-fastenings, the objectbeing to provide a portable fastening device which is capable of beingtemporarily or otherwise attached to the ordinary clamp-screw of theheel of a metallic skate or to the rear end of awood-fr'ame skate forthe purpose of providing a convenient auxiliary fastening.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 illustratesa skate and a boot to which is applied a fastening device constructedaccording to my invention. Fig. 2 illustrates the manner of attachingthe fastening to a wood skate. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the metallicportion of the fastening, showing parts of the straps attached to itsends.

In the drawings, K is a metal skate, having the heel-clamps 0 0, whichare operated by the screw'rod w. The heel-plate is provided with theusual front abutment, o.

It often occurs that a skater finds that the heel A of his or her bootis too small to allow of clamping it between the clamps 0 0 and theabutment o, and, without some fastening which can be used in place ofthe latter, the.

skate cannot be secured to the boot.

The auxiliary fastening herein described is capable of being easily andquickly applied to the skate K, as shown in Fig. 1, and providesefficient means for securing the skate to a boot whose heel cannot beclamped by the appliances belonging properly to the skate.

The skate-fastening consists-of a thin me-. tallic strap-yoke, B,resembing a T form, having its ends curved toward the shank of the skateand its central downhanging portion or leg perforated, as shown, and oftwo straps, c

0, attached, by rivets e e or other suitable means, to the arms of theyoke B. The said straps are adapted to be buckled around the boot, asshown.

In applying thev fastening to the skate K, the screw-rod w is removed,the yoke B is placed between the inner sides of the clamps 0 0 and therear end of the heelplate, bringing the perforation x in the yoke B in aline with the bolt or rod w, when the latter is screwed into its place,bringing the parts to the positions shown in Fig. 1. The boot being thenapplied to the skate, andthe straps c c buckled around it, the heel A isfirmly drawn against-the yoke B and tightly secured to the skate.

This fastening may be easily carried in the pocket of skaters, ready foruse in any emergency, as above described.

' Fig. 2 illustrates the manner of using said fastening with awood-frame skate in place of

